Opportunistically consolidated picking

摘要

Disclosed are various embodiments for consolidating multiple pickings of an item to fulfill multiple shipments into a single picking of the multiple items. A determination is first made whether a metric representing a plurality of shipments exceeds a threshold, wherein individual ones of the plurality of shipments are mapped to corresponding ones of a plurality of item locations in a fulfillment center. The plurality of shipments are then remapped to an individual one of the plurality of item locations in response to a determination that the metric exceeds the threshold. Finally, a picking of the items is initiated.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, wherein the program, when executed, causes the at least one computing device to at least:
determine a threshold representing a minimum number of shipments; determine whether a metric representing a plurality of shipments exceeds the threshold during a period of time specified by a sliding time window, wherein individual items in the plurality of shipments are mapped to corresponding ones of a plurality of item locations in a fulfillment center; identify a subset of the plurality of item locations, wherein individual ones of the subset of item locations are accessible along a pick route; select an individual one of the plurality of item locations from the subset of item locations based at least in part on whether all available items located at the individual one of the plurality of item locations will be used to complete the picking and based at least in part on a distance of the pick route that includes the individual one of the plurality of item locations; and direct retrieval of an item included in the plurality of shipments from the individual one of the plurality of item locations after the plurality of shipments are remapped to the individual one of the plurality of item locations.